45-57837

On September 27, 1946 at 02:00 PM, 45-57837 experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Destin-Fort Walton Beach Florida.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 42.9%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing takeoffs and landings on rough sea off Fort Walton Beach. On takeoff, the seaplane hit waves and plunged into the water. As only one watertight door was closed, a huge amount of water flood into the plane that sank quickly about 15 miles offshore. Four crew members were rescued while three others were killed. The aircraft was never recovered. Source: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=166047

Aircraft reference details include registration 45-57837.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.4219°, -86.6339°.